Founder and Managing Partner of Seaya Ventures

Prior to Seaya, Beatriz worked at Morgan Stanley, Excel Partners and Darby Investments and was a board member of ILPA.

Beatriz graduated from CUNEF and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Icíar Avilés

Deputy CFO at Seaya Ventures

She supervises the finance unit and is also responsible for liaising with Seaya´s investors.
Prior to Seaya, Íciar worked at Mobius Corporate Venture Capital and Ernst & Young.
Icíar holds an economics degree from the Universidad Carlos III in Madrid.

Javier Vidal

Investment Analyst at Seaya Ventures

Prior to Seaya, Javier worked at Realza Capital, Moody’s and Uría Menéndez.

Javier has a law and a business degree from the University of Valencia and a masters degree in finance from CUNEF.

Juan González del Castillo

CFO at Seaya Ventures

He leads the finance unit, liaises with Seaya´s investors and gives financial support to the investment team and Seaya’s portfolio companies.

Prior to Seaya, Juan worked at KPMG and Capgemini.

Juan has an Administration and Business Management degree from the University of Valladolid and a masters degree in Auditing.

Laura Dolado

Office Manager and PA to Beatriz González

She assures the smooth running of the office and is also responsible assisting the Managing Partner.
Prior to Seaya Laura worked at Bird & Bird, Linklaters, Deutsche Bank and Enagás among other.
Laura has a Tourism Degree by the UNED and the University of Mar del Plata and is also executive assistant by the Mary Ward College.

Pablo Pedrejón

Principal

Pablo works closely with the teams of Spotahome, Coru and BEWE. Prior to Seaya, Pablo founded and sold Petsy, Mexico’s largest pet care ecommerce retailer, and worked at Oliver Wyman.

Pablo graduated from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICAI) in Madrid and holds an MBA from The Wharton School. He also holds a Law Degree by the UNED in Madrid.

Víctor López Garay

Associate at Seaya Ventures

He graduated from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and ICAI (dual with UQ Business School in Australia).

Alberto Knapp

Member of Seaya´s Advisory Board

He is Founder and CEO of The Cocktail. Alberto invests in internet startups and helps entrepreneurs through startup accelerators like Seedrocket, Wayra, AIEI (Internet Investors and Entrepreneurs Association) and the Bankinter Foundation of Innovation.

Alberto was awarded the Young Businessman Award in Madrid in 2011.

Alex Ceballos

Member of Seaya’s Advisory Board

Alex Ceballos is Vice President at Amazon’s Worldwide Corporate Development team and is responsible for strategic investments and acquisitions in the US, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, China and India. Mr. Ceballos also represents Amazon as a member of the board of directors on several Amazon investee companies. Prior to his current role, he led Amazon’s global credit team, where he oversaw all Amazon branded payments products worldwide. Before joining Amazon, Mr. Ceballos worked as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan New York in M&A and private equity and as a director of operations management at Kraft Foods.

Mr. Ceballos graduated with highest distinction from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a BS degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and has an M.B.A from Harvard Business School. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Seattle Art Museum.

César Mascaraque

Member of Seaya´s Advisory Board

He is the leading investor of The Fusion Labs Ltd. And Chairman at Media Response Group. Before that he worked at IAC and Google.

He holds an industrial engineer degree from Universidad de Barcelona and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Jacob Aqraou

Member of Seaya´s Advisory Board

He is Chairman of Blackwood Seven and Member of the Board of Telenor Group, DenmarkBridge and Wallapop. He previously headed EMEA for ebay marketplaces.

Jacob graduated in finance and accounting from Copenhagen Business School and holds an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School.

Jesús Encinar

Member of Seaya´s Advisory Board

He is the Founder of idealista.com. He was also a founder of TopRural (sold to Homeway).

He graduated from ICADE University and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.